Christine Clay's colleagues may have doubted that she and Harmer were lovers, but the beau monde, unused to the partnership of work, had no doubt.

Christine Clay 的同事们可能怀疑她和 Harmer 是恋人， 但这位不习惯工作伙伴关系的上流社会人士对此深信不疑。

I admit I have not been in Parliament any more than I have figured in the beau monde; yet I cannot but think that statesmanship, as well as high breeding, is learned, not by books, but in certain centers of education.

我承认我没有进入过议会，正如我在上流社会中所想象的那样；然而我不得不认为，政治家的才能和高尚的教养不是通过书本而是在某些教育中心习得的。